Irtah-Jubara
Irtah-Jubara, Sunday, 28.8.05, AMObservers: Lea S, Yael a, Orna P(reporting)Guests: Journalists Gerald K., Pierre K.Irtah: 07:30 – A long line of trucks wait for the opening of the CP., that opens, according to them, at 8 o’clock only, a late hour for deliverers of goods.The closure on workers from entrance into Israel has been going on since the terror attack in Nathanya. One can imagine the consequences of it on their livelihood. Jubara: 07:45 – The under road is open. The CP is almost completely empty.The passage to Jubara is done through the agricultural gates only and not through the CP.There are three detainees in the shed, who have been waiting for half an hour, according to them. The soldiers say that one of them arrived wounded in a pick-up of an Arab-Israeli driver. He was very angry; he did not know that the passenger was an illegal alien. He waited for the arrival of the civilian police. The soldiers said that the illegal aliens would be released as soon as their ID cards were checked. One of them was released in our presence. The commander of the CP showed flexibility in handling with the people. He told that at the northern CP they found in a car, some days ago, on a routine checking, a kalatchnikov rifle under a seat on which three elderly women sat.We saw above the road that is designated for Palestinians only and connects Tulkarem with Qalqilia. The road is wide, and there was quite a traffic on it.